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MANGO COMMODITY PROFILE

The Industry

Mango, the country's national fruit is considered as one of the finest in the world. It is the third most important fruit crop of the country based on export volume and value next to banana and pineapple. it has an established domestic market and has bright opportunities for the international market both in fresh or processed form The country's export variety, The "Carabao Mango" is one of the best varieties in the world

Description

About 73% of the total area planted to mangoes is owned by small farmers while 24% operate farm sizes between 3 to 9.99 hectares Those operating 10 hectares and above constitute only about 3% About 93% of the total production is consumed locally Majority of the mango processors are small and medium enterprises Contributes an average of P12.5 billion per year in GVA Mango industry supports about 2.5M farmers Mango grows best at tropical places with temperatures ranging from 21-27ºC and a well distributed annual rainfall Elevation - within 600 meters above sea level Temperature - 21ºC - 27ºC weather - Distinct wet and dry (3-5 months dry). Plenty of sunlight Soil - Loamy, relatively high in organic matter with a good water holding capacity, soil pH of 6.0-7.0 Drainage - well drained soil; less moisture level needed during maturation of leaves and buds, flowering, fruit set and ripening Distance of planting - ideal is 12x12

Varieties

Carabao originated from India, Burma and Malaya (Indo-Burma region) tree has coarse, large and conical trunk with shallow and small cracks on bark, canopy dome shaped fruit is elongated and kidney-shaped, weighs about 240 grams with thin, yellow pulp, very tender taste and slight aroma   Pico originated from India, Burma and Malaya trees has upright growth, open crown; has deeper cracks on barks kidney-shaped fruit weighing about 230 grams; distinct beak on the apex, flesh in fibrous and thick, light orange yellow and sweeter than carabao variety   Katchamita originated from India has compact crown and lower tree stand than 'Carabao' and 'Pico' fruit is small to medium, rounded/ oval, green skin with yellowish flesh and preferably eaten as green   Other Varieties other less important mango cultivars inlude 'Pahutan', 'Dubul', 'Binoboy' and Señorita aside from the University of the Philippines in Los Baños, Laguna which keeps 50 varieties of mango from all over the world, the National Mango Research and Development Center (BPI-NMRDC) in Guimaras, has a collection of different varieties of mango, as well as strains of 'Carabao' mango in the genebank

Production

World World mango production for 2005 totaled to while the area planted was 3,870,200 hectares (FAO) Average yield decreased from 7.82mt/ha to 7.11mt/ha (FAO) In terms of average yield per hectare, the top were China, Pakistan, Brazil, Mexico and India   Philippines National Philippines is the 7th top producer of mangoes in 2006 and it contributes 4.13% on the world's total area planted with mango The production increased by 2.24% annually while the area being planted has an annual average rate of 3.70% In 2006, Philippines has an existing production area of 171,711 hectares that has produced a volume of 919,030 MT Luzon In 2006, Luzon has an existing production area of 86,443 hectares broken down as follows: CAR (761 ha); R1 (21,683 ha); R2 (9,939 ha); R3 (32,936 ha); R4A (15,548 ha); R4B (3,876 ha) and R5 (1,700 ha) (source: BAS) It has produced a volume of 614,347 MT which is about 67% of the national production broken down as follows: CAR (3,549 MT); R1 (422,533 MT); R2 (51,082 MT); R3 (85,930 MT); R4A (41,576 MT); R4B (8,081 MT); R5 (1,686 MT) (source: BAS)   Visayas In terms of area, Visayas contributed around 24,366 hectares broken down as follows: R6 (11,206 ha); R7 (12,448 ha) and R8 (712 ha) (source: BAS) In 2006, the total production of Visayas was 109,920 which is about 14% of the total national production. R6 (55,164 MT); R7 (54,209 MT) and R8 (547 MT) (source: BAS)   Mindanao In 2006, Mindanao has an existing production area of 60,903ha broken down as follows: R9 (16,091 ha); R10 (8,657 ha); R11 (9,038 ha); R12 (12,348 ha); R13 (3,325 ha); ARMM (11,444 ha) It has produced a volume of 194,762 MT broken down as follows: R9 (53,932 MT); R10 (33,581 MT); R11 (33,518 MT); R12 (43,362 MT); R13 (15,955 MT) and ARMM (14,414 MT) (source:BAS)

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